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one of the most central things i think to come out of the debate was debate over mitt romney's proposal for tax policy, which is a 20% rate cut across the board, but he also says there's these other conditions, right, that it will be revenue neutral and that he's not going to lower taxes on people in the high income. and the question is can you get all three of those principles to work together? joe, you were talking about the broad principles you want out of a tax system, raising revenue, right? we want to raise enough revenue to fund the government, which i don't think we're doing. we have taxes that are a percentage of gdp at a 50 or 60 year low. you want fairness. and you want to promote growth. you were speaking about warren buffet before i cut you off to go to break. >> warren buffet has edicts that are wrong for somebody like him to pay a lower tax rate than a secretary. you tax -- i would feel a lot more comfortable if romney came out and said i agree with that principle. the buffet principle is correct. it's not just a question of fairness, it's a question of efficiency and gro
one of the most central things i think to come out of the debate was debate over mitt romney's proposal for tax policy, which is a 20% rate cut across the board, but he also says there's these other conditions, right, that it will be revenue neutral and that he's not going to lower taxes on people in the high income. and the question is can you get all three of those principles to work together? joe, you were talking about the broad principles you want out of a tax system, raising revenue,...
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we debate this in staff meetings all the time. is it -- overly cynical to say it's sewn up and not covering the momentum or are we playing along with this theater that will result in the romney nomination snoo. >> probably the latter. he has the organization rg the money. he's the republican party traditionally nominate the person in the lead. he's an acceptable person who is not making a bunch of gaps. maybe he makes a few mistakes. but they're minor compared to what newt is doing. >> it's all relative. we do a segment where the guests ask a question for the sunday shows. we were in fascinating conversation of online piracy. >> i was going to ask newt what party he was running for at this point. he's come out with anti-intellectualism approach and attacking romney's multilingualism. i was going to ask him [ speaking france ] with romney you speak french, you were raised in france. what's going on here? >> i hope that goes you-tube in viral. >> what should people know? >> that steve colbert will continue to beat jon huntsman in so
we debate this in staff meetings all the time. is it -- overly cynical to say it's sewn up and not covering the momentum or are we playing along with this theater that will result in the romney nomination snoo. >> probably the latter. he has the organization rg the money. he's the republican party traditionally nominate the person in the lead. he's an acceptable person who is not making a bunch of gaps. maybe he makes a few mistakes. but they're minor compared to what newt is doing....
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this is an nbc debate about whether mitt romney would apoint him. >> i'd be looking for somebody new. i'm -- i think ben bernanke has over-inflated the amount of currency that it's created. we r. >> now, my point here is that the position that you just said. you just say ben bernanke can solve this by himself, which is a view you never here articulated anywhere in politics. my point is that there is an asymmetry in politics and in the debate that we have. they've gained a lot of traction. i didn't realize until very recently that there was the view that you have articulated and a lot of economists have been saying. that the fed is doing too little and the fed could solve the business cycle. so what it seems to me is that the seesaw is only being produced on one side. >> doesn't every single mainstream economist think that the fed has done too little? this is actually really unusual, usual time for the fed. the fed has often faced political pressure. political pressure because it's not doing enough about employment. and this is a very new time where it's facing a lot of political press
this is an nbc debate about whether mitt romney would apoint him. >> i'd be looking for somebody new. i'm -- i think ben bernanke has over-inflated the amount of currency that it's created. we r. >> now, my point here is that the position that you just said. you just say ben bernanke can solve this by himself, which is a view you never here articulated anywhere in politics. my point is that there is an asymmetry in politics and in the debate that we have. they've gained a lot of...
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nobody seems to be debating the idea that the president is leading but was really clear is mitt romney was taking on water in the definition of who he is personally. then they suddenly put more pressure that the v.p. pick and convention was going to serve as a relaunch. they needed definition. i think in a perfect world they wanted to be in a position where they didn't need the vchlt p. pick to be used as a way to essentially relaunch. they're not in that position. that's the reall ty of the moment. it should be said while they didn't have much of a relationship, they did bond and there was -- there was an aspect to them that they do like each other personally. the rom is neys and ryans did b. that matters in the romney world as well. you can't sort of be connected on the issues, be it political necessity. you have to sort of be comfortable in that club. but i go back, you know. he needs to sort of put definition to beyond being the rich guy who looks out of touch to the middle class, and at this point he needed someone else. portman wing going to serve as a relaunch in that respect. n
nobody seems to be debating the idea that the president is leading but was really clear is mitt romney was taking on water in the definition of who he is personally. then they suddenly put more pressure that the v.p. pick and convention was going to serve as a relaunch. they needed definition. i think in a perfect world they wanted to be in a position where they didn't need the vchlt p. pick to be used as a way to essentially relaunch. they're not in that position. that's the reall ty of the...
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but obama going strong after mitt romney in a debate in october, a month before the elections, it will come up again. >> yeah. there's also the idea of a division of labor in terms of negative attacks. let's remember swift voters for truth, it was run independently. the willie horton was run independently. ed rendell said something pretty provocative on our air yesterday about this possibly hurting the president's brand. i want to play that and get your reaction right after this. won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... [ female announcer ] neosporin® plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. neosporin® plus pain relief. for a two dollar coupon, visit neosporin.com.
but obama going strong after mitt romney in a debate in october, a month before the elections, it will come up again. >> yeah. there's also the idea of a division of labor in terms of negative attacks. let's remember swift voters for truth, it was run independently. the willie horton was run independently. ed rendell said something pretty provocative on our air yesterday about this possibly hurting the president's brand. i want to play that and get your reaction right after this. won't...
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but instead what we do know about george romney's. after he handed over his tax returns to "look" magazine and sitting here in 2012 in the midst of our own tax debates, you can't help but look over the details and think, holy crap that dude paid a lot of taxes. over the 12 years romney had an adjusted gross income of just under $250,000, which is nearly $2 million in today's money and paid an annual average effective rate of 37%. 37%. compare that to what mitt romney paid, according to his two returns, an average effective rate of 15%. that's a very big difference. how would you like to have your federal income taxes dropped 22 percentage points. what's remarkable is that even though mitt romney with an average annual income over the past two years of over $22 million is 11.5 times richer than his dad was, adjusted for inflation, both in the top 0.01% of their respeckive times. think of what that means about the growth of incomes at the top over the intervening years. and despite how much richer mitt romney is than his father, he pays
but instead what we do know about george romney's. after he handed over his tax returns to "look" magazine and sitting here in 2012 in the midst of our own tax debates, you can't help but look over the details and think, holy crap that dude paid a lot of taxes. over the 12 years romney had an adjusted gross income of just under $250,000, which is nearly $2 million in today's money and paid an annual average effective rate of 37%. 37%. compare that to what mitt romney paid, according...
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he needed to set the stage for his boss to regain his footing during his second debate with mitt romney this tuesday. i think biden accomplished that mission. i think what made the difference was that biden was aggressive, uninhibited with preoccupation by preserving his own image and adept at leveraging his stature. the single best exchange biden wasted no time for calling out ryan for his apparent hypocrisy when it comes to stimulus funds. >> look at the $90 billion in stimulus. the vice president was in charge of seeing this. $90 billion in green pork to campaign contributors and special interest groups. >> i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. you know what -- >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> sure he did. >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. this is such a bad program and he writes me a letter saying the
he needed to set the stage for his boss to regain his footing during his second debate with mitt romney this tuesday. i think biden accomplished that mission. i think what made the difference was that biden was aggressive, uninhibited with preoccupation by preserving his own image and adept at leveraging his stature. the single best exchange biden wasted no time for calling out ryan for his apparent hypocrisy when it comes to stimulus funds. >> look at the $90 billion in stimulus. the...
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it's not like this is a new debate. >> we talk about how the business community was at odds with the campaign. in terms of preventing a debt ceiling showdown, it may be his ally. >> a former health care adviser to the romney campaign, david k. johnston and joan walsh thanks for joining us. >> understanding the tragedy might be impossible. why dry? after this. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. sxz final hours sleeping in his car outside the houm of another woman. the kansas city police department released video of him sleeping and whether there's a glimpse of him before he took the life
it's not like this is a new debate. >> we talk about how the business community was at odds with the campaign. in terms of preventing a debt ceiling showdown, it may be his ally. >> a former health care adviser to the romney campaign, david k. johnston and joan walsh thanks for joining us. >> understanding the tragedy might be impossible. why dry? after this. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of...
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president's national security policy are not being debated and i'm sorry, but watching john kerry and joseph biden criticizing the war in iraq, they voted for the war in iraq. joe biden was the chair of the senate foreign relations committee and shut down debate about iraq when it was being debated in this country. there's revisionism, jingoism. i'm not thinking about this from a political perspective. i'm talking about life and death issues that cut to the heart of will we follow the constitution when it comes -- >> we should aggregate some of the issues. there's the ending the war in iraq. the status of forces agreement was negotiated by the bush administration that we adhered to. there was some evidence we were trying to get out of it but the end result was the president did end the war. we're going to keep quite a large force of essentially paid mercenaries behind, there's a huge embassy, but combat troops have been brought home. that is in one column. there's extension, the surge in afghanistan. we have 87,000 troops there, and the deadline for that. there's the decision to order
president's national security policy are not being debated and i'm sorry, but watching john kerry and joseph biden criticizing the war in iraq, they voted for the war in iraq. joe biden was the chair of the senate foreign relations committee and shut down debate about iraq when it was being debated in this country. there's revisionism, jingoism. i'm not thinking about this from a political perspective. i'm talking about life and death issues that cut to the heart of will we follow the...
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you remember that was a big theme in the debate, romney consistently attacking him for being pro-amnesty n massachusetts, romney very aggressive if i'm remembering the story correctly, pushing english-only education in massachusetts schools. many thing romney has a moderate history on, there isn't a whole lot of history being pro-comprehensive immigration reform. he attacked rick perry, his comments on immigration, run for the right on the dream act which mean latinos support. so, i don't -- not only i do not think he can shift on this very well but doesn't appear to me that he actually is containing a shift within him. >> i can't ever tell with romney. no offense, i don't see the guy having a core. i just -- i mean, from a sentence to the next sentence, he changes his mind. he just does. >> that was his problem specifically with mississippi which i will talk about since i'm from mississippi. and he could have really, i feel, gotten support by presenting himself as a man of faith and not hiding from his mormonism. certainly, i do think it hurt him with evangelicals but look at joe lieb h
you remember that was a big theme in the debate, romney consistently attacking him for being pro-amnesty n massachusetts, romney very aggressive if i'm remembering the story correctly, pushing english-only education in massachusetts schools. many thing romney has a moderate history on, there isn't a whole lot of history being pro-comprehensive immigration reform. he attacked rick perry, his comments on immigration, run for the right on the dream act which mean latinos support. so, i don't --...
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i was with him because the next day, president obama and mitt romney would be holding their first debate at the university of denver, and he was leading the campaign, to get the moderator, jim lehrer, the pbs host, to ask the question about gun violence. after all, the debate was taking place in colorado. you had oaurora about that. tens of thousands of signatures, was a question asked? no. >> and basically both candidates did everything they could to not address guns. it was like the answers that that precipitated were really remarkable. dave cullen. amy goodman of democracy now. we're going to talk with congresswoman carolyn mccarthy whose husband was killed by the long island gunman right after this. .. [ shirt ] merry christmas, everybody! not so much. ho ho ho! this isn't that kind of deal. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] by earning a degree from capella more iuniversity, you'll have the knowledge to make an impact in your company and take your career to an even greater place. let's get started at capella.
i was with him because the next day, president obama and mitt romney would be holding their first debate at the university of denver, and he was leading the campaign, to get the moderator, jim lehrer, the pbs host, to ask the question about gun violence. after all, the debate was taking place in colorado. you had oaurora about that. tens of thousands of signatures, was a question asked? no. >> and basically both candidates did everything they could to not address guns. it was like the...
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gave talking about fema, the federal emergency management agency, back in june during a republican debate. take a look. >> fema's about to run out of money and there are some people that say do it's a case-by-case basis and some people are saying maybe we are learning a lesson that maybe the states should take on more of a role. what do you say to that? >> absolutely. anytime you have a chance to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. we should take all of what we're doing on the federal level and saying what are the things we are doing we don't have to do and those things we have to stop doing. we're borrowing $1.6 trillion more than we're taking in. >> the romney campaign in customary fashion walked it backwards and said we're not sending fema to the states. michael, as the libertarian at the table, should he have come back and doubled down on this and said, yeah, fema, should be in the private sector of the states? >> obviously back
gave talking about fema, the federal emergency management agency, back in june during a republican debate. take a look. >> fema's about to run out of money and there are some people that say do it's a case-by-case basis and some people are saying maybe we are learning a lesson that maybe the states should take on more of a role. what do you say to that? >> absolutely. anytime you have a chance to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the...
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among the right that is the debate that should be happening after election day, why mitt romney lost. it's happening right now. it's still a very close race. it's still a very winnable race for mitt romney, a. and, b, i think all of the big money is contributing to this. i want to talk about how that plays into this right after we take this break. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ tdd#
among the right that is the debate that should be happening after election day, why mitt romney lost. it's happening right now. it's still a very close race. it's still a very winnable race for mitt romney, a. and, b, i think all of the big money is contributing to this. i want to talk about how that plays into this right after we take this break. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn...
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to go back to the question of what would president romney do and that to me is the question issue. >> what president obama is not doing and what i think he needs to do is get out in front of this debate and say, it's not about where is the red line, it's about the fact that all 16 of our intelligence agentagenci most of the israelis, all of ours agree on this. they don't have a nuclear weapon, is not building one and has not decided whether or not to build a nuclear weapon. when that's the case even talking about this only serves the interests of israel diverting attention. >> that's incredible. >> that's what they said in 2007 and 2011. >> i think that's a very curious interpretation of it. listen, everything that we know about the iranian program is because someone in the international community caught them. we know -- >> yeah, terrorists of the u.k. are the ones that, quote, caught them. >> how does that secure your point? >> let's let eli -- >> the iae's latest report has said they've doubled these admittedly crude p 1 centrifuges in an underground base. they have refused to agree
to go back to the question of what would president romney do and that to me is the question issue. >> what president obama is not doing and what i think he needs to do is get out in front of this debate and say, it's not about where is the red line, it's about the fact that all 16 of our intelligence agentagenci most of the israelis, all of ours agree on this. they don't have a nuclear weapon, is not building one and has not decided whether or not to build a nuclear weapon. when that's...